Black Sails In The Sunset - AFI > Reviews > A good album from a good band.

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Definitely a cut above the rest
Lyrics	Thought-provoking
Quality and consistency of tracks	Mixed
How does it compare to the artist's other releases	Good
Value for Money	Satisfactory

Advantages:	Up Beat, orginal
Disadvantages:	Similar style throughout

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

This is an early album from a now fairly mainstream band that have switched from Nitro records to Interscope. This album was produced while with Nitro and so this means that the mix is not as good as it is with Interscope, but it is still professional and this may be a side effect of the very packed/fast songs that this album contains. This is nothing like the new AFI, yes it is the same band, but this music is a very different genre. I had this album before the new stuff and so this is "real" AFI to me, but to you it may be not to your liking.
The style of music is slightly screamo with very fast punky drum beats and simple but catchy riffs. The occaisional slow song breaks up the album and shows more decemberunderground/sing the sorrow-like AFI. I enjoy this album a lot because it shows the band before they had really made it that massively and offers a genre of music that I find really appealing. This album can be decribed "crazy" as I beleive this is a fair comparison with what AFI write these days, when I first heard this album having known AFI from Sing The Sorrow (their first interscope records albums) I was very surprised and so be ready for that. It took me a while to become accustomed to this album but once I had I enjoyed every song over and over.